H.R. 10447

American Citizenship Integrity Act

Sponsor: Nancy Mace · 0 cosponsors

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Sec. 3. Inadmissibility and denaturalization on the basis of obtaining citizenship for a child

(a) Inadmissibility based on intent To obtain citizenship for a child. Section 212(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

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(11) Birth tourism. Any alien who a consular officer or the Secretary of Homeland Security determines is seeking, or has previously sought, admission to the United States for the purpose of obtaining United States citizenship for a child through birth in the United States, is inadmissible.

(b) Denaturalization on the basis of fraudulently obtaining citizenship for a child. Section 340 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1451) is amended—

(1) by redesignating subsections (d), (e), (f), (g), and (h) as subsections (e), (f), (g), (h), and (i), respectively; and

(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following:

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(d) If a naturalized citizen is convicted of, admits to having committed, or admits to committing acts constituting the essential elements of, an offense under section 1430 of title 18, United States Code, or section 1546 of such title (related to a false claim or statement related to section 212(a)(11) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(11))) such conviction or admission shall be considered prima facie and sufficient evidence that—

(1) such person, at the time of his or her naturalization—

(A) was not a person of good moral character;

(B) was not attached to the principles of the Constitution of the United States; and

(C) was not well disposed to the good order and happiness of the United States;

(2) the order admitting such person to citizenship—

(A) was obtained by concealment of a material fact or by willful misrepresentation; and

(B) shall be revoked and set aside, along with the cancellation of his or her certificate of naturalization; and

(3) such revocation and setting aside of such admission order and such cancellation of such certificate of naturalization shall be effective as of the original date of such order and certificate, respectively.